"The idea that Washington can somehow coax Russia into abandoning China and joining the West runs counter to everything we know about the Kremlin's imperial legacy. Moscow's legitimacy rests on denying agency to the peoples it subjugates ..." euromaidanpress.com/2025/07/29/m...

An excellent article by Andrew Chakhoyan. Eye-opening truths well laid out and expressed. chakhoyan.substack.com/p/russia-the...?

The Chakhoyan Dispatch chakhoyan.substack.com?r=dux3t&utm_...

Andrew Chakhoyan: By refusing to send a clear ‘stop now’ signal to close Ukrainian skies, transfer Russian assets to bolster Ukraine’s defenses, end crude oil purchases, enact real sanctions, send Tomahawks and Taurus missiles – we create the very vacuum that keeps pulling Russian violence westward.

Unexpectedly, this piece has taken off on Substack It reminded me that, in the age of shrinking attention spans, 3 things matter most: ✔️ a catchy headline ✔️ an opening that pulls the reader in ✔️ an image of the aggressor state on fire 🔥 Curious what you think chakhoyan.substack.com/p/fear-and-l...

Whether russia poisoned Lindsey Graham or not, one thing is undeniable: 🪆 The Kremlin has spent 25 years earning the world's suspicion. www.dailymail.com/debate/artic...

"Did Russia just poison Lindsey Graham?" asked Laura Loomer Russia weaponizes everything! In the information space, ambiguity is the kremlin's best friend. Sometimes proving moscow did it is almost less important than everyone believing moscow could have. www.dailymail.com/debate/artic...

Unexpectedly, this piece has taken off on Substack It reminded me that, in the age of shrinking attention spans, 3 things matter most: ✔️ a catchy headline ✔️ an opening that pulls the reader in ✔️ an image of the aggressor state on fire 🔥 Curious what you think chakhoyan.substack.com/p/fear-and-l...

Western officials typically assume that beneath Moscow’s propaganda, repression and brutality lies a government and society that are ultimately governed by the same principles and aspirations as their own. They are not. My latest 👇 www.dailymail.com/debate/artic...

Garry Kasparov describes 🇷🇺 as a nation literally at “war” with the West Assassination is one of its instruments, just like launching drones in NATO skies, cutting cables beneath the Baltic Sea, or the vile propaganda 🇷🇺 pumps out with impunity. www.dailymail.com/debate/artic...

Western officials typically assume that beneath Moscow’s propaganda, repression and brutality lies a government and society that are ultimately governed by the same principles and aspirations as their own. They are not. My latest 👇 www.dailymail.com/debate/artic...

If terror against civilians is not a russian strategy, why is the ratio of civilian deaths 3 russians to 97 ukrainians? Russia has been shuttling russians to ukrainian occupied territories since the start of the war, so it’s not like there aren’t any russian civilians around

@silvermansecurity.bsky.social @beyerstein.bsky.social @aravosis.bsky.social @johngcole.bsky.social Many in #Ukraine 🌻 are now saying that a #Ceasefire now, would be disastrous for #Ukraine 🌻 & I can see their #POV. 🤔 #WarInUkraine 🌻

@andrewchak.bsky.social writes: “Every dictator weighing whether to build a bomb—and every nation weighing whether to give one up—is watching #Ukraine and wondering about U.S. credibility… Ukraine gives Washington a rare chance to answer without putting a single U.S. soldier in the line of fire.”

Russia’s talent for starting and losing wars is vastly underrated. It lost to Japan in 1905 after assuming a smaller Asian power would be easily crushed. In 1989, it lost in Afghanistan. When Russia is given an off-ramp, it escalates. We need to give it a dead end. nypost.com/2026/07/11/o...

"Als Rusland een uitweg krijgt, escaleert het. We moeten het een doodlopende weg bieden." - @andrewchak.bsky.social

"Russia can and must end the war it started in 2014 and escalated in 2022. Ukraine cannot do this, for it isn’t waging one. If Ukraine were to stop defending itself, there would soon be no Ukraine to defend, and Russia’s appetite for war, fed by stolen land, only grows." nypost.com/2026/07/11/o...

That’s right. He’ll never give up. Don’t negotiate, imprison.

Putin doesn’t need an off-ramp. He needs a dead end. That’s the central argument of my latest NY Post column. Russia has a long history of escalating when given exits and backing down only when the costs become unbearable. nypost.com/2026/07/11/o...

Für alle „Pazifisten“ die von der Ukraine etwas mehr Diplomatie fordern: „Am 11. März letzten Jahres legte die Trump-Regierung einen Waffenstillstandsvorschlag vor. Die Ukraine stimmte innerhalb von 24 Stunden zu. Russland lehnt ihn seit fast 500 Tagen ab …“ /2

“Ukraine attacks Russian resources to stop death. Russia attacks Ukrainian people to stop life.” nypost.com/2026/07/11/o...

"Russia can and must end the war it started in 2014 and escalated in 2022. Ukraine cannot do this, for it isn’t waging one."

Russia’s talent for starting and losing wars is vastly underrated. It lost to Japan in 1905 after assuming a smaller Asian power would be easily crushed. In 1989, it lost in Afghanistan. When Russia is given an off-ramp, it escalates. We need to give it a dead end. nypost.com/2026/07/11/o...

Andrew Chakhoyan's column is well worth the read, so I am boosting! Indeed, Putin does not need an off-ramp. He should not be allowed to save face. Russia needs to be pushed well beyond the point of no return.

"Putin could halt the war today. ... "On March 11 last year, the Trump administration put a cease-fire proposal on the table. Ukraine said yes within 24 hours. Russia has spent nearly 500 days saying no ... ." 1/

"Russia’s talent for starting and losing wars is vastly underrated" bsky.app/profile/john... #Ukraine

“For peace in Ukraine, don’t give Putin an off-ramp — force him into a dead end” Read more in the op-ed by Andrew Chakhoyan nypost.com/2026/07/11/o...

@andrewchak.bsky.social just wrote another banger in the NY Post. Read all about it. How the bunker bitch midget could end the war tomorrow, but won’t. #UkraineNews nypost.com/2026/07/11/o...

Perfect quote.

“Putin could halt the war today. There is no permission to seek, no parliamentary vote to fear. He could purge half his generals and the rest would swear ever greater loyalty…The crowds would cheer and parades follow.” nypost.com/2026/07/11/o...

This quote from Volodymyr Yermolenko sums up what russia's war is about, better than anything I've read in a long while...

"Russia’s talent for starting and losing wars is vastly underrated. It lost to Japan in 1905 after assuming a smaller Asian power would be easily crushed. In 1989, it lost in Afghanistan."

Europe's policy must be never to negotiate with ruzzia, but to always have a door open to negotiate with muscovy. @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu

Putin doesn’t need an off-ramp. He needs a dead end. That’s the central argument of my latest NY Post column. Russia has a long history of escalating when given exits and backing down only when the costs become unbearable. nypost.com/2026/07/11/o...

Russia can and must end the war it started in 2014 and escalated in 2022. Ukraine cannot do this, for it isn’t waging one. If Ukraine were to stop defending itself, there would soon be no Ukraine to defend, My latest for the NY Post #ArmUkraineToWin nypost.com/2026/07/11/o...

Yet another analysis of russia that overlooks the central variable: #RussianColonialism. War is not simply something the Kremlin does. It is how the empire explains itself to the people it rules. The @economist.com strikes again

Yet another analysis of russia that overlooks the central variable: #RussianColonialism. War is not simply something the Kremlin does. It is how the empire explains itself to the people it rules. The @economist.com strikes again

Ukraine hit Russia’s oil network from Rostov to Ufa. President Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces struck oil sites at 200, 500, 800, and nearly 1,500 km ranges. This is no longer one burning depot. It is a fuel system learning that distance is not protection.

🚀 Ukraine will receive Patriot PAC-3 interceptor missiles from the US in the coming days.

L’aggressione di Mosca contro l’Ucraina legittima la sua presa sul 🛢️ del Tatarstan, sui 💎 della Jakuzia e sull’agire politico di 140 milioni di abitanti. Una guerra così non finirà finché Mosca potrà alimentare la propria ambizione imperiale. - my latest essay in 🇮🇹 www.linkiesta.it/2026/07/russ...

Wenn jemand ein Ende des Ukraine-Krieges herbeiführen könnte, dann ist dies Wladimir Putin. Nachdem der grosse Sieg zerronnen ist, könnte er leicht einen kleinen Sieg erklären. Aber Putin ist Teil eines Landes, das mangels Idee notorisch Gewalt gegen aussen üben muss.

centralizzato all’estremo e alla ricerca dell’unità nazionale attraverso l’aggressione, rimarrà una minaccia ben definita alla sicurezza #europea." www.linkiesta.it/2026/07/russ...

👇 Il Putin di Schrödinger - La Russia combatte ancora in Ucraina per legittimare il dominio sulle colonie interne La violenza contro Kyjiv serve a tenere insieme una costruzione politica fondata sul dominio centrale e sulla cancellazione delle identità non russe - di @andrewchak.bsky.social

Trump asking whether he (President Zelenskyy) would go to Moscow, who then responds: „It is difficult to go to Moscow thanks to the many Ukrainian drones. (…) It is too dangerous.“ I almost fell from my chair laughing.

“We’ll give them the right to make Patriots. We’ll show them how to do it,” Trump said as he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a NATO summit in Turkey. “I think they can produce them pretty quickly.” apnews.com/article/nato...

Leggitavill !!!

«Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine legitimizes its grip on Tatarstan’s oil, Yakutia’s diamonds, and the political actions of 140 million inhabitants. A war of this kind will not end as long as Moscow can fuel its imperial ambition.» #AwarenessMatters #DemocracyMatters